BobInHouston

"Austin Weekly Bugle" (grin)

He has national commercials backing him, so there's that. But I, too, have no idea.

I was there!

Wasn't planning on that, but it'd cool if they did.

Well, yes, but they did play uninspired ball against Rutgers. Two things can be true.

Fortunately for Texas, Joe is better at selection than he is at seeding.

Couldn't get him then. Too bad.

There was discussion on Detroit squawk a week or so ago about whether Underwood could be replaced if the OU game went poorly. It wasn't even a thought that WMU would go badly.

Horrible news.

The wave may be over.

Check with Bob W------h on how to run tryouts.

That gets back to the argument about the NCAA telling the seniors they would not get the fifth year. What is a player supposed to do? He's going to look into the pros, not sit back and think, hey, maybe the NCAA might change its mind. It's also murky because players used to not get paid, and now they do. What is a pro? In college, it's certainly not a player getting a rev share, right? But *now* the SEC/B1G would crack down on players who got paid by NBA teams in the summer, or expenses? I don't think the details have been worked out on this at all.

You mean the playoffs? It depends on the competition for the spot. If you can't lose three in the toughest schedule in the country and have a chance, then Texas needs to lighten the schedule.

But again, every D-I athlete class except these seniors are eligible for 5-in-5, and none of them came in with the rule. Why not the seniors? Because the schools thought they could save a few bucks. It's like academic administrators can't think things through. None of that surprises me. They have chaos, and they deserve it.

Well, the NCAA squandered their "private organization" defense by making a billion dollars and choosing to not to pay the people who provide the entertainment. Right now courts look at the players as free agents who are entitled to get the best deal they can because there's no law against that. The NCAA position is indefensible. I mean, if the NCAA *said* they wouldn't let players whom they deem ineligible play in the tournament, how long do you think that would last? That member is making his own rule and he should be thrown off the committee.